Life is harsh for barnacle geese, which must contend with Arctic temperatures and protect their young from predators like foxes by nesting on high ledges and cliffs. But this strategy has a ...

Hulhumalé, Maldives — “My most peaceful moments are on the water,” Thoiba Saeedh, an anthropologist, said just before a motorboat took us skimming across the glassy Indian Ocean towards the ...

The Vavilov, a tough, Cold War-era oceanographic research ship, had been leased by an expedition cruise company to spend the summer touring the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. It held an ...

Commercial, strategic, and scientific motivations drive China’s growing interests in the Arctic. Russia, an Arctic power, has simultaneously been a reluctant partner and competitor to China in the ...

This contribution is part of the special series of Inaugural Articles by members of the National Academy of Sciences elected in 2016. Contributed by Claire L. Parkinson, May 24, 2019 (sent for review ...

As the Arctic continues warms faster than ever before, it is predicted that ROS events will become more severe and frequent. The Arctic Rain on Snow Study (AROSS) at NSIDC seeks to understand if ROS ...

This new find pushes the lineage back by around 20 million years. The researchers also found fossils of two new species of pike, as well as the earliest Arctic example of the fish group that includes ...

Arctic Cat announced plans to "reengage the majority" of its workers after a former executive and investment firm bought the company in April. Hundreds of jobs were at risk after the company began ...

THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. — More than 300 previously laid-off employees will keep their jobs, Arctic Cat announced Thursday afternoon. The news comes roughly two weeks after the Thief River Falls ...

“I think there is a need to have a more significant, more permanent presence across our entire Arctic archipelago,” Perry said in a recent interview. “That could come in a ship that’s ...

At this year’s ceremony, it was the turn of a rock icon to take centre stage as Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner stunned the audience by arriving on stage for the conclusion of the ceremony ...